jpdb beta

mica; isinglass

1

offense; offence; method of attack

3

material

2

transition (esp. in scientific contexts)

1

material; physical

4

stout heart; strong mind

1

to hate; to detest

1

fear; terror

1

war cry; roar

3

to cut into (a line, conversation, etc.); to force oneself into (e.g. a crowd); to wedge oneself into; to fall below (of stock prices, sales, etc.); to drop below

5

reinforcement

2

establishing; founding; setting up; organizing; establishment

1

all members; whole army

1

17; seventeen

2

to roll up; to hoist; to take away; to rip off (e.g. money from someone); to blow up (dust)

1

mineral dust; mine dust; fine particles; dust

3

land mine; topic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap

4

to defend oneself; to protect oneself

2

perforation; punching; boring; drilling

3

crossbow

2

bow (and arrow); unit of distance to an archery target (approx. six feet); unit of distance for land surveying (approx. eight feet)

2

vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Sterculia lychnophora)

1

hail (e.g. of bullets); barrage; storm; rain and hail

3

corruption (of order, customs, etc.); to fall apart (organization, system, etc.)

1

suicide bombing (e.g. crashing one's plane into a target); self-destruction; blowing oneself up

1

to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation); to confuse; to mistake something for something else

7

branches and leaves; foliage; unimportant details; nonessentials; side issue

2

to put together; to gather; to collect; to scrape together

1

papier mâché; something that looks good superficially

4

dull sound; muffled sound

1

cocoon

3

to change completely; to change suddenly

3

fierce animal; beast of prey; big game

3

spewing; gushing; spouting; eruption; effusion

1

to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to deceive; to trick

1

impudent; cheeky

1

all-out attack; general offensive

1

to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up

1

scattering; diffusion; spread (e.g. signal across the spectrum)

9

ambush; troops in ambush; unexpected opposition; unexpected obstacle

5

beheading; decapitation

1

comical

1

command; direction

2

morale (of troops, team, etc.); esprit de corps

2

to tower above; to stand out

2

every last one; one and all; from A to Z; as soon as; right after; no sooner (than)

2

experiment

6

involuntary nocturnal tooth grinding; bruxism; grinding one's teeth out of anger or vexation

1

total (number); count

1

losing by being overmatched; being defeated by a stronger opponent; losing by misusing one's powers; defeat as a result of trying too hard

1